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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 1888-01-20, Page 2- • I Iow 1tOST-QT3P20$, -1-19ttrill ao tO 7 p. Pa. ALIA, AglitIVit. • 11/...0. B.South ' 0,13 a. in, ! R. !O B!•North, 1.2.31k. ni. lintiong h • g• 4,0 1.4rood • • 7 Vi.!"; Nora} • ny.• .04 • • • North IQ.30 3-2'2P! M ,14:411tY ' TridisTs, zostv• ,•• Deily ' 4.!•4A .•.• .tl. Daily- dtUl ens the; • Alec* olonow; 4 esiclaYs cles.tripphuti,i4y, OE esPis • • • • • And, tresenetasouticl .Fom out these elistonine towers 44,raiebe*IthOWers: • .,Bedew tnagrtiiind. Then "Sweet, eh, sweet. thoWay,' , , • , _ • And torwardPrese: - • • With swift, inipetkentfeet,' And hearts that beet, • Witlieagernals • . Yet still beyond, tbe.goir •, Sweet bugles play,. • The trunlpets blow; , • Howe!er wattling haste; . • Or lagging waste,. • • Thehourstbat. go; ", • ohanity Business. Aa wflhi- seeitby adVertiVendent Mr.. .lo McgOr has t)urnhasad the ;took an4 iood ri11 of the busines4 •carried on by, Nfr. R. A.. Glow, and,, fn- td&keepiig in stock a full aupplt Of freshireeeties, etc. Yining 'Men whonte bothering their illindS trying to think 'orsomething tca •give particular y. on hg Jades„ ate advised that marriage licenses are, iieky chealx Yes, rating than* and if you want to get one, M. Campbell will be only too ' It is witirpleum00 WO 1)0,11(0 tlie readers of ths Sp,,f!rrligsf.'„ the' 4:ill:owing fi•om :the cOlurnrie •Of the Wheittlninl •Daltotti Zogle. Mr. *lei; X.,•OAPferfOnv Of Wegt,; Wn'u.raneik". 444' brgther: ';tia CalPerral, of thie- • pleastillt etre pleaSur appy to,accomieelate yen,with the icsfrel..m*.o. r uvuwepts. .. -sea wflCI lay Personal ,• - with closed eves: her Bull fat and faraway, 'Til comes the.dav Wegaj"44ak In-Berient-then-, brd Np more, we fipd,••• Perebamis..what we do seek. . • SMRLE A Story Of Woman's 'Faithfuliesti • - • 0.40T144J. "What station 'wte that, Slur y ?•'• That was Amieusi. dean; • We are quite -half way there nowt; . • • '!-Httlf way to Boulogne,perhalis; bUtOu journey:will not endthere,", , ••-?- am afraid you- are" tired, darling," the,. girl, said, in a pitiful -• -tender • voloe;, : and' the invalid+ answered, •.weatily-r . /1 : "Yes, Verytired-Very, i?ery TheY. Wore the only oecupantheir a s'Aid. • , ,!chnia railWaycompartment.: in the tidal. ktr-4-2.44.-Xkltilbakialtii,itectn114401iii<pre,l'ofosait. . . • 18,01-KVoltifhaczat .cezoaLcs4..«.4firtl..40 . -haro-was:Ekimathing beside!' •••fatigue and, sadness on the ,eldar:Wouiaja'A face, as she • ley back. hall ;resting Mr 'herdaughter's etrong.Yoting arm,,halt ''Upini, ',the - ottehiens -Which had been piled one titian another to give bet:stipPort: ,.-Z•.• • ,..... , 7: •••• •,.. - ,;•.' . -• : It was not •pletigink 'Weather : Or travel- ing; :,thesky wieigrnyand.farbiddifig,.. and -a".•161iill, ',wind: ble*:::Itgatilet.tlini.:"„ottriftgel. '., Windoirk : bringing:- With'. 'it , oceaelonally 'a : . ,.844,4ft, 461004kioti.or (of ,; rain.. 1whiek *Ode •:lag.% Roes 'shiver. I .phirley..dteW. her rtitlithilifs' Wien!' more. closely amend her, and pulled :the :blind 6Ver ,ilie.'windoW to :, Iteep:totit the •clraughti' while,' the tender pity ' , 'On)* young face' deepaindas, she watched, 1 stligii. invelid : 'resting With closed eyes .. and faintly drawn • breath : ,ttpOn ' the• ' ''•Ciudikine,': - ' • ' .... , ,'' . .... ••• . ' . SAoh eloVelifeceit weal Years of -sorrow' - " 'Iand:,,ritlyttion and•MenthOf.euffering had • ', mikbeen ithle to rob it Of its beauty;'. it was • 'biattitifiii, and would : be •beatitifni to :the gat: PelidatelY.. regular- ' features, large litstreris eyes', and eoft dark hair without* . ..,.,sittker thread .among,ite'glesay ;braids,.."made , lip..a • feat enientble; of rare lovelineits, even. beside the fait young face netr..:Ater,1*. • Mrs, :.:1toss; wair still in the prime' of her *Minn,. . hoodt-oho wanted: yet three,,Yearit of forty . • but • she? wasdying, and::elteknew it well : • : -ay, and. Shirley, although:she tried to' blind • herself, :knew it... also -dying,' and •at'la. period when toreanylifele at its best' and : brighteit',. when the sternly : troubles of .1- youth are Over, .and calmi settled. stuiphine .hics succeeded -at •ct liine of life :when, many.:. a happy- inothei,--'seee het:childien ' :growing 4 *Pond het,' able*. appked140: ' .her care and love; and, •repay them 'w their own -when any yetis of health and , `happiness may be Anticipated -dying, 'yes; - and glad --oh, CO glad to lay down the .burden a Wel... , • ,.. ; . •.• - . • ' • , • ; ,• The gray Oetober day..WOre on-the'cloelf •at -the last: staticel ' they had 'painted had pointed to the half hour after two. •. Nig: Rope raised heritelf slightly, and opened her 7.- heavy eyes, • • -,, ••::" . "Has it ',grown. much colder; Shirley," she said,•in herlovi. feint:tdnee„ "or ' is it• , :. ,my imagination?" • . , ' • , . ' . • ... _ ' • .! It 'al%Vaya. seems to stow colder ttavel, ;ling, I think, dear," answered Shirley;'hi . .her bravo cheerful.voice, although the: -qrs. ' .;tiOn ' p+ruck her, painfully, '," especially as , One gets nearer the Ilea. . 1.4etme' get the ,plaid, darling, and wrap it round you."' ."Bilt .I am like a mummy already, little ': daughter," said Mrs. ' Rees, :with a !faint 4115h. ' - ' - • ' ., - . ' •• .. I. ,,A :.'.44.• Never .Mind; • there is no one to, deo you :but me.". • ‘ , . . -.:. ,.. - - ..... • .. ' As she Spoke, :the young. girl '..left" her niothet's side for A moment•and ,moved to the:•. Other' 'end of:the carriage, whore softie ptipplorcientary,tugs and shawls were 'strap- ' ped together. The straps were easy enough .• to urtfaeten; but PoutehOW '13hiriel . Was a: : long time ..oyer:, the • taskeperhaps beCatute .: bee littlk\fingers":were .eo -•unsteady,, and ' beettnie her. ey,ee, Were, " So fill of great .. rinehed tears, tvliiiiii she Would not let fall. . :Wheneha returned '., to her mother, ' file •••':, tears • 'had.:been resolutely forced back, and . • thole 8raft a brave little smile on:. the ' Sweet ° ..:'etrtigglirig. against the eeling' of faintness red lips, . Mtg.' •Ileseccird ; to ernile also, • Nell , Wag_ eteeling, over ',her,: Utiti. Which T'llit :40',',:the Closed carriage, • into which no N tlradght'Ofihetkfli,tedi 9134311i titiNgiiillo ...Alit ,b'e'c1ughters tpilek eyeelsaW th mortise, • e\o, naliallor of ger face,and she bent'over it grieyonealarin, : ' . • , ; l.'s 400.d.Orlitig,..What iit if? Yon "aro re ein ;t4i' taiiagive yAiti.sonicthi rim" tate 'sal .1, rri '.1?),4,-,,Mr.e.:1:(60S' gentle - hand ., tai A... 4," I.fi ,0 .othihmi,she returned faintly, ptile tired, aiittiofainti, :Don't tp04:jithirley!::18eet ,. an 'better •1 ,• e , , tibliArolfe',4‘ to .SM110 •into tho lovipg otiltlilkO0,1 bid, the „hgalitiftil. Oyes,' were i•kia,' the fiiinfinis seemed. to shiit clit .1 iovo1ylitaitled,M6e.bending over her' eci V.,$44or1y, as idie'lay habit altnOst ,breathless )agiiiiiefi the etiahicnc, ..... ', '. , . With illivift: deft. : bandit. "and.,;"the. 'telt, ' PO000661.6iI\ Ofan experienced nitilei fibitley , . •4. tAt. ,a.4,4414, , • 'If' i• t* ' • ' y.144,4 • $141r1OrjEt: °WW1 x, sea deathly pale 'in the •gray light 60040, the 'dark brava et het ditughteett coati,. but her hteathing was incite Oen' and 'Shirley bops: that she. '.*:•"•* ° , ur'ogia. have beeu.. ec-i;tottching- and- eathetiiieight tip (MY 040Whe '0014 have seen it -the girl, frail and pile -herself, with no &dor in her sweetface, save in the, vivid red :o her bendingWith such -tender, protection And teetering love over the hall pale mother, who needed all her care and love, and who was totally 'tinfl,t for tbli journey she • had;Undertaken. Weida he •ever 'reach her, destination? Would the Vide' ;Which was BO' brave Atid high, snp'port the . weak body Anti!: she,haapet- formed the task shehad'appointed for her- self.? LOoking down at the still face' with eyeasharpened by love and pain, Shirley thought that it ' was very, likely, terribly that her Maher would not, liVe, to reaoh Seothind,,thit. ille would die before •bei --eyes tested once More ,:cipon her native; ,They had left Paris at Midday,having tested there for one week, Which had seemed • him 'months ' to, the' impatient wommiovho felt that her days were .nuta! bered,.and who *tilted to leave her child in safety ere she passed away. The 'kindly Old French physician, who had at length. coneented to their Miderttking the journey, had only ,done so. because he saw:that the ;.fever of rintest :whiehburned in Mrs; Rose' Mine ivas consuming what. 'little' strength sho hd, au4. Eirboience told Wiiirthat • evenAtheiOlirlifTtieeeltiretild her Ofidiit VrOciltronlylpitsten what must be rapid' and mettiin, tio Matter' What 'care, or repose, or ilkiltotmld do:, • Very fiad were Shirley's thongiits,•as she -Mt -holding-her Mother in her aims, "and the train Sped on through 'the, grey teresting country'; veryheavy WAS the young heart which, befit close to Mrs.' Roser pale cheek as it lay on her . daughter's 'breast. Shirley had tasted the clip of sorrow Many danneAntirisclion"sliciet• Mint: !bat -too* .it ipatmrdlto&datiliitilleM1talgrio VA* Rhet4....hiegelteMllrggittugh•-litgrW.0194i'iSt 'death would leave her" lotielY:and forlorn., 'would -leave her and -her *brother dependent on the chat* eftheit relatives; 'whim she had never Seen, and who had .treated the* With but scant kindness, hitherto, Shirley was tad tineelfish t�, vklh'tiSitecip her. She knew that she longed,:w1th. a great unspeak- able hinging, • to bo at reet, and that she was ....Witioll,..,:06!--Weekyl.1,7zof her life. For Marian Boas hadIknown siiffering • stuth as felielte•the lot of few. • As she eat watohing, ilet,"•Motherte..,Eace with 10iing.pitifid eyes,' Shirley Resit was thinking that she could, never remember it without -the look .of stiffering • and resigns., father's life-timealthough husband •lind wife had loved:,etoh other with A greet love the heanllfitl- face ' bad :btightened .visibly when heeriteted the robin •stiddenly, in reliegie: it had, always been grave And sorrOWful ; there' :had been no -frequent Smile on the Sweet; lir, no brightneet the lustrous eyes, n� gaymusio in the: low sweet Voice. It. seemed to Shirley that her Mother could nevei have been happy, even When she loved her husband and lived, in .perfeet harmony Withhirn. , • r And Yet what eoulithafe. been the canoe of 'her sorrow? • Looking back into the tiniewhich! preceded her father's .death Shit:ley could think ui -nothing •.tO.,-bif - that, troubled look to the: beautiful eye that droop to the tweet lir, ' They had lotted each other -ah, how deeply -and Never in :the idett- books could hUithand and Wife •have been dearer to eabh other than these 106 but the hod' alw40 been -theta, and• Shirley even in her 'Childhood had 4eit dim and impalpable: %. • • 'It ,Witellot want of means. Mend Emig had beep an artiet, ,end hailed earned more than' Sufficient money to support them in their simPle'unpretentiOni mode of ',living. They had had every cemfort:, every luxury even, in the ',Old foreign towns in Which they had lived, And thellife -' had been a pleasant'andpictutesqiie one. Shirley and her brother had had firet•rate protestors and Om edunittional advantage, and they had never *ion:, denied any reaionable enjoyment; but, although they had had. many foreign friends in their wanderings, they had never settled in amylase where, therehad been 'many 'Ensile ..residents. 'They • lad seemed: to avoid their : own 'country -people -and -Shirley ik,vss not sorry; fer„if English people at •home were like English people •abroad, she. ,could very Well dispense Withany further knowledge of therti,-.• ,Ae-,e..,rule„,siieli specimens of. her country -people as Shirley ektw at hotelp anit railway -Stations Were noisy, ill-bred,, and badly, dressed; , and this girl, English though she was, had tinter pulled an ;hank on English soil during all her serVenteett years of life. , • Three years' before she had lost ' her father; and then Mrs Ross had obtained, through the interest • of her brother; Sir '0.11.berti,Fairlielma, situation for her On; *lib was t ffo years his taster's senior, in the:counting-house of a Wealthy English ,rnekOhant and .there Jack 110118 had spent two long years'seeing-his mother': and sister. only,•during. the. fortnight's holiday which he was allowed, and which he Spent With than at the fittlegkerintin town where MM. Rose had settledfbr economy's sake, for her own income as but Small, and it ,wouldilie with hero. •• . •,„ Thus it happened that, though ',81ililey ,wasgolng: home to Pitglencli it,. was a strange land to her-althotigh, eheVss fat too abiorded in her care of her mother now to give that a thought lasaidea,:Jack was tOpaeetthan at ellerhig Cross, and it Would bo so gcSoil to gee hint again -dear J'ack;\ With' his ginishiny' bike eyes and onrly yellow loelitv*hOrtad always and.‘a merry word,ready t Shirley thought liet.the eight Of.104,,wenld be the beat 'cordial her motherhave ;. slag; laved Jitelc so dearly,- so.' fond. of her 44 dear hay." • ;.• , • Paler and paler gtesi ' the ;bentatifUl still lade, darker and &it ket the shadows tifidet the longlasluid, ogee, heavier and heavier • the Weight On, Shirley's shoulder, 'OM% or • , '.. tttea, „ rorety 'eyes tiIl, and o!t,td.iter:Part of 13hirley'llwent straight, r-10 'her daughter's face, with A ler& Of unntterable anguish and pity . in the* depths:, 4, '"You- haVis been asleep', dear ??""eaid Shirley tenderly. " NO," .01,0nefrom the falnt pale :lips. But I have been thinking; Shirley." "Pleasant thoughtste of home, and Jack, ?.1' • bePe, darling, ?" Shirley „ Said trema-• 011817,10r she had teed the, look in the 'UAW iiyes„, and guessed its meaning. • - .bit`re,:seeli 4010 .Phe' said, with Midden slegeriniesite'she raised her,head from the girl's shoulder, it *avow. would not he' go orttel •,.1, intuit Hee Jack," ' • 4"Qf cittinimi mother darling 'Don't you ,remeinber jack Is to meet us , at Charing .0kOas WWI,we•arrive" Yes4-41 have, uOthugotten; but; Shirley, -1.A.M so 001 8,114 faint and tired;" said the invalid' weatilyi an she sank hack upon the onehions* gasping, for hreath Fend Shirley ,hastened to'rur".1Ont some -of .the restora- tive which the dooter in Paris had given hap:, eta held it. to . the pile' parehed lips, t.fatehilitganxicuelY for •A shade of color, whioh stole into :them as the restorative took effect. • . • • • . "it was oruel to let you come with incBiglied7.-fiit4tiyr-IrPoor iittk,,girl, what a terrible journey for f I , • ' " Don't, mother darlingl" the girl sold; pitifully 1' You., feel tired • and langua now, because yorthave been traveling ;but when you 'have' had ,a rest you will • feel better. and ;note cheerful.". •• "Do you think it is 'merely: the fatigue of travelling, Shirley V,' was •thefeeble ansvier, gin -With a sorrowful smile; which went to her daughter's heart. "1 hope -it ;because' I, have be many -things' to' tell: 'you, dear, before 1 go." " You will tell , me when we are in Scot. land, mother ?" Shirley said, cheerfully, choking batik a sob Which rose in her throat..',' "When e are in Scotland . I wonder. if I shall ever see Scotland again ?"%the elder, woman geld "faintly. -"illy ain cottntrie I• How I loved it I 'How blve. it even now, although WaS so cruel -U.! me--; 0o:cruel!". she repeated drearily, ,with, a 4errib3eituguitilvitiAm4erk was. 6 6' kittaiidt.ovises1orkz5roit iStilik47F4H0XedilatittrAgiSlih4Welf to the owed' pale face.. • I think is,"' -answered her ;nether, smiling. • " It preventsthought, and it doe,s'not tire me much._ your nnele'e letters are'quite eafe, Shirley ' • ' . • Quits eafeiclear.' ; _ 44•And you will take gre'a• care .of them, Shirley ? • Ithink he Will begood to you, nay • "He writes yery Shirley &hexed ';'-" and Aunt Geraldine, Says sends her love. Did you know her, • "'Yee, dear," Mrs. Bois answered, the pain deepening about her lips. and in her darkey_eic;:. "...I knew her a little:aeon-ago; before she was married" ; She nide, mother?" " • , "She very'beautiful then.; , Shirley," said he mother wistfully, With' a lar-aWay ,look-ino-beruyeitilnd-a-quiver of the,lipti-- very boatitiftd.'" ••• . •" Were yon married 'first, mother, 'or Gilbertr Shirley milked innocently, encouraging hermother's wish to talk and. unconscious of the pain her question!, might • Was • marrierst,"hr mother: , " Thi3nCimain Gracie. is about toy Inficke Shirlete.slictL, ;. . "No, yen; deuein'. i8. a year older thtn• Jack," Said ' Mre, Anse, 'steadily the. effort, totipetk *Omitahowing her,daughter the ••• eatiotion• • it • eanited.her made her slight triune tremhle; , e.n4 Shirley' took sierra • ." ' -• ' • • Yon are CoM' still; •clarling, she, .said: tenderly .drawing •i whipa round her; when ber. hithd, came in contact With her mother's, andshe felt the burning' heat Of the • plendit. attenuated,' :fingers'. :!!•Indee 'yen • must not talk;•.nonthee• she added hurriedly. Letnxemake yoU more Qom., ferte,ble.' .. • ..- • . • .• qnitis comfortable ; Shirley, "and resting nicely: What a careful little nurse • ,if youwereto.lie down, nicithek,t • 1414 place yOut head:here upon my••lap, you - would be more'at rest, • There -40 not *het " It is 'yery ;gee :dear,".' the invalid. cfflewered . • •• swatting thtt Shitley• hail euggestecl the, &mien. cif return lei 'that her. Own , 'time nlight For a !lett dietetic!' they, went on thus; .Sbirley's.. hazel iiyeabliiided with tetra, 1(064 , steadily out of ' the Window, fleeing nothing ettlincenntry,threngli • ,which i• she •I'vette Vomiting; only ',,pioturingtii herself the Pale still face, at whith she dared.not look, ;While 'her -mother lay • : with elOied EOM' thinking of. the paittrand *oilcloth* climb! it 'IN.,. Which 'had ;boOn so ornel..to her, .Woald be. equally -cruel to he ohildrin„ ,especially •the fair • , 'young. daughter, who possessed";, events, „elle had possessed, the 'o.fatal, deWer Of bettuty,,',!, • Presently Shirley was aroused byn gasping. sob from her nicithet. , , 'up, lift nte• • tiri 1" She 'said aintly -: fel cannot liteethe,!! • • . " Shirley: Obeyed, instantly. • Startled as •she. woe' at ; tha'tertible• change Which:had 'pasaed.Over'her Incitlier,, she. did net lose her. presence Of Mind. • She'•dropped the window. to let .the ohill isind blew upon the Sie.pinched.face;"and forced • 'tome Of the cordial through, the , White lips. ',For :a nionient She , thought ' that, this.. tnnet ;,be death; and beeathe ill and faint herself at; ,the thought a her mother's condition .and the .itopeSithility Of gibtaighig tieshitinee; , stict ueoy. rio--,move! 140 not „ ohildi 0, ete:32:!ht 14 your head upon mY ing, er 'Mother wh tie tea bietat a little:WU_ e. It doesnot um ‘me. It Makes me* think of the dal; when you were a happy little baby, with hig eyes e:nd such rings of curly hair, Shirley !" Y88, dear," the girl Sad tirin!y en011gk, although-Ortr)teaviTherIlrp allmiP in a8. 711. ite4ed in the f "Can you he Very brisc' dear, and let metell you AOW What' I have pt,telf?'B'u' opposed„ And, you, need all your etrength bo mother; it 'Will tire you I" the girl now. Let us -wait." Dea*1:dare "-Xis Rose said tremulously, ' " There -may- not be time." " Mother 1 -there was no mistaking. the heartbroken anguish in the girl!!! i/01Q8 .0k mailer,' not now -I can' not hearit-nob now. We -will rest at Boulogne.'" "-No---I mustgo on. Shirley; 1. insist" - and in her eegernnes the dying womanfifted herself up and etood meting her hand upon her daughter's slionldet•-" I ineiston going on.. Yon Inse•MO? I will not ste,y-I.will nbt rest anywhere. Until . I reach 'London,. Shitley, you promise?" _she, added, "an she sunk back again exhausted. • '" Yee, yes, mother, I promise„" the girl said earnestly ; 'and once more she drew her mother's heti:I-Upon, her elimilder and supported. her tenderly in her arms. -The tram- sped -,on.-Vhirlgray-Oetober twilight worild soon spreacT over the face of the earth; in the. statiOne through Which listy paused lights Were beginning to glim: fflbr, while the trees on. the road aide -now stead up grim. and ghost-like. There was a lamp in thaearriage' and' Shirley closed the blinds to Abut ant the gloomy landscape, which looked Aid dreary under the .falling rain and lowering eicy. -• • . .!•We-sball scion -be there now,' 'mother," Shitleysaid oheethilly. "'It seems tibburd to hay s0odult-hp7ino,-thiel-carriagerjhati. think I pan smell the sea -already.' • " Do yea, dear?" her mother Said With a" faint smile, remembering how often she had fancied. that she' could smell the heather and wildthynie, of the Scotch Moors when the. Sea and land laybetween her. and Ltis wet, hut there is not Much Wind*" Shirley cOntinued. " shall not have it rough, dear." • , • - ' ' • 4'1 dare say Mit, Shirley. Darling" - and 4211‘6. Ross' 4es !went -velabfally 49:ther Wlmightectsektic644.41.4vil4audieicneinavi.24.% 4ailtractarzst00.4?4er.4-2:444#40401avlia haveito tell.' - • ' -:7," There is not time tot ittivthing now," Shirley said cheerfully.' •" Theae 'lighte 'mean Boulogne-- citation, dear. We stop h,ere' ,for a few • minutes, you know, to set down any 'travellers • for Boulogne -j --then this nice good:natured-711On takes. us right down to 'the boat. Do you- Melly feel •stronger;Mother ? • '•' , '• . "Really, Ii3hirley-Ther7set-,-alr, yOu know,'" MM. liesp.teplied, smiling:a little: ." Will you 001410, the,,Wraps; dear? ,And don't you thkiyen had...hotter' give Me a dose of thairtice• Mixture of Dootor Le, jeurie'e before -Wit get out?"' --Thettaittiglided-into-, the Boulogne eta, ilonlinittist.AOwn Willie Or. its passengers, there. There --were • a isheetfid sound of voices, a ,bright glimmer Of lights,' and qttick • fixitliteps hntrying 'by;; then'-' the tram -loft the station again, and went slOwlir arcing the quay , to the bOat, the 'masts o(the ehips7hrthe docke and: harbor rating grim , e420. ghostlike M .the . grey tutuniciii indite*" the light!! 'glisinnerin*g-- feebly thniugh•i . hazeof fog and inlet; • • a' 00e Bontinnegitt . ' 4 , ' .P08i,81888 are jii4t,aove having a crush, Tit hava :Or think: theyhave; ,thrOit'itioubles and ire afraidof cancer. The trpnble of ,,cierrnaones. -Pt own .Xrinee •Icap• -started • bp a''.regular cancer scare, and physicians-are4rofitingtlliirckhY- • , Some •yeard, ago, jiist after the,deeth of Charley. •Backus; Ricardo, And Floyd; ali from kid- neY trouble,- there 'wes;:aleinillar ;Solite ong. theatrical .• people about.. kidney' teatime. *They „went ,to the:. doctors in docks, many of them, :posseSeed with the idea that they to had kidney', troubles . singular fact in , the euperience • of :ckne ..pliy•sidien was that of the !Worts ' of • actore Who yisited , him mine of thocie whd Were sure .they were afEtioted hitiVAny trouble. •Three actors' there , were, however,. who siihrnitted lo the.'customary excunination in• 1-4, spirit Of fun. EletyOne"Cf,,them had the „trouble they hadiff expeotecito find; two '. of ,them have since died of Bright's, disease: Thephyeician in 4060 bop dos . not...know, yrhat,,bpoittne of the thilli.4-N. Z4inis 1114414VOtigiOn OF ti49,408E7.8014 Bachelor; 404, 74, :sued- gOden .solicolmaret of ps for $5i000 Dimge A008 Sarah H. Pining, 88 years of age,, and a teacher in one of the public sehoollt ot•WatertoWn, NW:York' has !Med John • 13.• Chapman' aged 7.41 for $5,000 damages, alleged to have been sustained-J:1y reason of his refusal to make her his bride. Mies Chellis is,a rather preposseesing lady and quite :prominent in social. circles, She - alleges that her aged jover agreed to marry her in 1886. " Afterward it was arrangedbetween that the affair::be postponed Until Sept. 15th, From, that! off:dt -ha abic:e404.4waStcht.; jellitni.rie;yut.-p7EinTvohnist.;:resItidthaeih.2hr2ea.441t7.... day. of the sime.month. Then phe letrned Mr. Chipmtit is a baclielbt* and lime a a maiden sister, on a tartta in the town'. Rodman; 12 Miles:from the abode of! 'Miss Cnellis. He has get loth of land and Plenty • , et4fehrZosetyipyatirtstnetrotahile rientliiridtiv9ta eif4behintog •town. He le *Meted with' rhettmetieni, hfiwed with age, and his im Most occasions *mild stamp hiin as an :inmate �f the county house . Altogether,' he one of the most unattractive and, ungehlly lovers that Cupid has ever tackled.. The, peeple. of Watettovm are quite familiar with, the face and' figure of Mr. Chapman. Uia eustoin in years past has been to come to town summer barefooted and ragged. 'Whenthe'Coldblitsts-otwinter.TWepti down frouitini Adirendaoke he did not surprise, those who knetrbim because he put-, in An • appearance -without' 4an *bile Atna westing a straw hat. While courting Micia Chellis he thought a • n�vi. quit of clothes was neoesstry to help alengL his 'little • tllair of the heart, 130 be bought'. or hired their'. As the new eut4t.was only •for the eyes of •the lady in .queetion, Very few people saw -him „, wellodreseed.i - tistom Waeto COM 10 town in hie old and' • the new neW only long enough to pay hie re. speots t�. his . lady love so Miss Chen! sty/ him in one.garb and. the .peOPle. saw him •-another.--These• ate only -it 'fent: ' pepnliarities of the -.aged' wooer. In hie answer to the complaint of Miss Chellis. Mr, Chipman denies.the promise to marry, _ and stye he is afflicted -With rlaeumatilitn, diseasecif the kidneys, hae fits, falls down • unconscious; remaining s�several minute!' • • ata time: In spite , these alarroing a 'atoms:it Asobidieveci•that itheolefendrint ' illebecenducadvabloonakeen.-.w.igarons ade.4tr. Jenamtiglituktliesatotifilositecolitimi March terra'•V the SliPrafenotart.. -1('he'llueen's.D.14)880040t0...the The following is the ct ddi•eis 6f.thciPiike of Mittel's, the headoEthe Queen's,Elpeehtf.. •Mission to the Pepe His Holiness': reply • to'which been.ptiblished ; *". Holy Vatliet,-Her Majesty the Queen, • thyMost Graeiotis Sovereign,' having been . pleased: to select me an Her Majesty!sspeOitcl :Envoy. to expreesi t�your Holiness, in.a . public and forint' manner, her senseof the ,Mittrtesy shown by the mission of Monsignor '.1t(iffo.Boilla to convey your Halinessi*n. gratidatiohe on .the fiftieth anniversary het,reign;: I hat,e; the .hilnor to :present---to-:-.- :rig! Holing as Her Majesty's letter aceredit, • ins Met& that pUtpose.• Her .Majesty has commanded m� to say that, in 'ecmilding 10.iiie thia" high -inission, she- has been mOVeci not only by .a ;•desire to iiektioidedge , this, preof of' your Holiness's good -will te- Wenleher,butr aloe to .giv,e expression • her deeliiig of deep reepebt for -the 'elevated . reharantet and:ClirtittitinitiedointvhiCh ykin have dikilayedIn- your high. position. « The tertiperate sagacity which thdinesit has corrected priora'. and assuaged• ' differences : fromwhich ninch evil might. Other** have arisenhispires HerBiajesty with the earnesthope that 'life and health may Lang be granted to you, •and that your', :beneficent action May , be long 'Continued. ' •Inoitinelesion* 1 beg:leave te be perMitted tit °sprees tii..yont, .Holineee; how very eseasible-terni-of-the honor Whicih has been conferred utiOn• •ffle bymy" snit:lions Sovereign in selecting ine for this' high ' iniseitin and in Makingnie the. interpreter., of Her Majesty's tientkinetitil onthia, Occesion.". • , . Hear 46...Prad.vieed: . . At a bellihe following conversation be- tween mother and daughter- wteoVerliecird: -MOther-Jnet-look ..at Saiitheee, . . . Caroline, , • :• • Daustiter74 see •• • ',1'.°4tist See , hoe, Modest: she look. 'Why cion't, yob logic that•way , "How , you are, mother!. Her, modest loOk.ia'oWing to her long eyelashes.' Thcit's the SOMA YouCan't look ,de, Muni. wlien„y_ou have get. short eyeoliehes.•:. Uve tried if too Often not tO,knoW." , .• 7 laVS• Dlletisuus. klenty Shatstein; thetrtist tot ployeci I to Make the life-size emfilematin figures .Over the boxes in the new Mtedoldidl at- Billfold, hisbeen surrounded' by ;graVo milties' sincelie began the. Work.' He Wished: to -Make designii Mule., figures and: inlVertlited,for fernaliiriodels.: Modest, ' • ,,. , • Belittle didnot Semi te.eoniptehend quirernents. VerioustVoinen Answered his adyertlitentent„ but :When' tbey finaily corn' fiiitibendettlie,fitil duty of tin artist'e model they Were ehooked and. 'angered, The um-• • hielty 13hareteiiiwag neatly thiaplied by the °Met brother ,Of a y.oung.wornait who ;wished - to be* Modelonly so far as her face Was ooneetned, A nitidcin lady Of an uncertaiii' Age Went into hYeteries: when • elle ..srealized, Whitt Was' required of, her. One enraged Another threatened to haSe: 'Sliatstein ar• reStectfot ineulting her daeglitet.: 'Finally the perplexed artist WAS obliged to Bend. t� New XorkeitY for tr#ele, ' A Gr at L d 1 , e 0 se an. ' • • . • Firlit'D'atite-M& Crossly, my husband tells me that Mr. Ciossly is '.:very popular, .among the society gentlemen.. • , Second'Danne-Tes, he is. , 11 1. do, say vanishedand the' inval but m a hi* minutes the, detithilatike, pallor, ly huebiliul is a great -ledge' man. .;id's brehing be' p., •. , u.bia.,, . , „ „? 0, , • , 44, , 1 came more regular. • , Oh, yea, he goes ddivntoWn " to lodge ' "11 is , die gad' feebly, and &loom 7 O'clock every night Mid comes tried' to smith into the, starXtled anxious r home to lodge thmit the ' 88;810 time every taee - hauling, over ir881 ttkg • , ay' Saild thtt etily in the war a iyotnaii entirely OnlierVeki, Shirley !intik Rion her, kpra Virginia' appealed , to Mr:: Lincoln 14 knees by her ,mother'S !ailleo, half, sapport"-• .retulti her slaVdt to her on the ground that inghet and Mrs. Boas put bOth her feeble', *afie,Was a Christian and had always treated arms around:the girlts head *and drew• it 'them with great kindness; and that bere 'clerie to her bread: •• •• • . plied, : ‘4 have poor idea of roll ion that Mother -,-oh;• mother I" Shirley- Aid;•,gote one's bread ou Wt beer,. t of the Watt 0 'another tryiing to ,stifle thngreaf shaking sabot which rnaresbrow.'` • . rni:0711 i•••; • • t • , ••• Treroblingn6w in everyllinkalid almost A • • . A Georgia SoeietrIteua. We letrn,•:-• in a' serni-rellable Way; • thatt .11fified Katie lAeci,..11ertnetly of this ! place; was ,married In lllonticiello toat Sunday to , ~Whether Miss Katie Wee married or: not she is a beautiful young lady of rate aocomplishmentil and, would mak el a, chtrebing boutpanien. We wish Mist; Ka* or Mrs: :$zel,I,T,te..the facto may •;, warrant,a, merry Christmas and ,,maxty, glany happy New Years. -.Canton- &pence: • • ; .Excess of Politeness. " 1 .de019.1'04° *exclaimed Mrs. egg ttif idle vainly endeavored to dissect the turkey;-- " if • 'yen aten1 the .poorest manto do marketing. This turkey's old as Methn;. seith." "Possibly," said Fogg, unabashed,. ." but my dear, it ;is tc- fenutle ',bird and • eourteity.,to, the sex prevented me from • big diring about her age."---Maneheoter Union. Aritiametit, Literal -44o you are really ,ongaged to ' :him, dear • • He, is 4040n say,. and you are. 26:4 -just tWide as old Ail yon, • love. Dear • me,when yes are 40 he will be 40! • ' ClartGoOd.grabions I I hadn't hOught of that, • . • ;..Expert Testiinofty. "])o you think the night air healthy ?" itisked MM. Cunigo Of het hum. blink • ; .„ ' • . ; • " People: Who,heveilieen:on 4 night tear • ' tell me it in "dwite the reply. -New York ' xeion-",where` ata, you graduate . froki Mrr, From'the Sal Of 2PhaliiiiiiIY." Mies Skeen (With'. - enrcitige)" hitt possible? Whafa Strange , • choice for a young Mery hrenght'up •In4 the , city I But, if I ,eitiatabor, rightly, yonr " randfsether, was 4 fertile*, *ie.!'